EP3646702B1 - Variation de l'avantage mécanique d'un cylindre hydraulique pour obtenir une pression de flotteur plus fluide - Google Patents

Variation de l'avantage mécanique d'un cylindre hydraulique pour obtenir une pression de flotteur plus fluide Download PDF

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EP3646702B1
EP3646702B1 EP19205916.0A EP19205916A EP3646702B1 EP 3646702 B1 EP3646702 B1 EP 3646702B1 EP 19205916 A EP19205916 A EP 19205916A EP 3646702 B1 EP3646702 B1 EP 3646702B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01D—HARVESTING; MOWING
    • A01D47/00—Headers for topping of plants, e.g. stalks with ears
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01D—HARVESTING; MOWING
    • A01D41/00—Combines, i.e. harvesters or mowers combined with threshing devices
    • A01D41/12—Details of combines
    • A01D41/14—Mowing tables
    • A01D41/141—Automatic header control
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01D—HARVESTING; MOWING
    • A01D41/00—Combines, i.e. harvesters or mowers combined with threshing devices
    • A01D41/12—Details of combines
    • A01D41/14—Mowing tables
    • A01D41/145—Header lifting devices
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01D—HARVESTING; MOWING
    • A01D41/00—Combines, i.e. harvesters or mowers combined with threshing devices
    • A01D41/06—Combines with headers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F15—FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
    • F15B—SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F15B1/00—Installations or systems with accumulators; Supply reservoir or sump assemblies
    • F15B1/02—Installations or systems with accumulators
    • F15B1/024—Installations or systems with accumulators used as a supplementary power source, e.g. to store energy in idle periods to balance pump load
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F15—FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
    • F15B—SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F15B15/00—Fluid-actuated devices for displacing a member from one position to another; Gearing associated therewith
    • F15B15/02—Mechanical layout characterised by the means for converting the movement of the fluid-actuated element into movement of the finally-operated member
    • F15B15/06—Mechanical layout characterised by the means for converting the movement of the fluid-actuated element into movement of the finally-operated member for mechanically converting rectilinear movement into non- rectilinear movement
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16H—GEARING
    • F16H21/00—Gearings comprising primarily only links or levers, with or without slides
    • F16H21/10—Gearings comprising primarily only links or levers, with or without slides all movement being in, or parallel to, a single plane
    • F16H21/44—Gearings comprising primarily only links or levers, with or without slides all movement being in, or parallel to, a single plane for conveying or interconverting oscillating or reciprocating motions

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  • This description relates to agricultural equipment. More specifically, the present description relates to a closed system for applying generally consistent float pressure on the header of an agricultural harvester.
  • Some such equipment includes agricultural harvesters.
  • the header is attached to a feeder house on the combine by an attachment frame.
  • the header has a main frame that supports a cutter bar and a reel.
  • the main frame is movable relative to the attachment frame. As the harvester travels, the header engages crop, severs it and transfers the crop into the harvester for further processing.
  • the header In such machines, it is common for the header to be set a given distance above the ground. Also, it is believed that improved harvesting performance can be achieved when the header generally follows the surface of the ground, so that it maintains roughly the same distance above the ground throughout the harvesting operation.
  • some harvesters are configured to apply a float force to the header.
  • the float force is a lifting force oriented to maintain the header at the given distance above the ground.
  • the header often has ground engaging elements which provide a ground reference input to the header. Therefore, if the ground underneath the header falls, the header is normally weighted sufficiently to overcome the float force so the main frame drops relative to the attachment frame drop to follow the ground downward. If the ground under the header rises, then the ground engaging elements act to aid the float force in lifting the header (e.g., lifting the main frame relative to the attachment frame) to follow the ground upward.
  • Some machines are equipped with a float cylinder that has (or is attached to) an accumulator. These cylinders are normally configured in a nearly vertical orientation, as shown in US 2007/0214760 A1 , such that the angle between the cylinder rod and the resulting movement of the header increases somewhat when the cylinder is expanded.
  • the float force applied by the cylinder and accumulator varies based on the position of the main frame relative to the attachment frame, since the movement of the header approximately directly translates into movement of the cylinder, which on its end is related to the pressure in the accumulator.
  • Combine headers have amain frame that supports the header or draper structure.
  • the main frame is movable relative to an attachment frame that attaches, through an attachment mechanism, to the feeder house of the combine.
  • the main frame is movable relative to the attachment frame in order to float above the ground (and sometimes in order to set a tilt angle of the header as well).
  • Float mechanisms are sometimes positioned to provide a lifting force to the main frame relative to the attachment frame. This allows the header to respond to changing ground levels to better follow the ground.
  • the force applied by the float mechanism varied as the position of the main frame changed relative to the attachment frame.
  • the present invention proceeds with respect to a float assembly that is configured so that the mechanical advantage of the float assembly increases, as the pressure applied by the float mechanism decreases, and vice versa.
  • This inverse relationship between the mechanical advantage of the float mechanism and the pressure applied by the float mechanism reduces the variation in float force applied by the float assembly, due to variation in the position of the main frame relative to the attachment frame.
  • a float cylinder and accumulator are coupled between a header main frame and an attachment frame.
  • the float cylinder is orientated so that its mechanical advantage in applying a float force to the header varies with the position of the main frame relative to the attachment frame. Similarly, the pressure exerted by the cylinder varies inversely with its mechanical advantage.
  • FIG. 1 is a partial pictorial, partial schematic, illustration of an agricultural machine 100, in an example where machine 100 is a combine harvester (also referred to as combine 100 or machine 100).
  • combine 100 illustratively includes an operator compartment 101, which can have a variety of different operator interface mechanisms, for controlling combine 100.
  • Combine 100 can include a set of front end equipment that can include header 102, and a cutter generally indicated at 104. It can also include a feeder house 107, a feed accelerator 108, and a thresher generally indicated at 110.
  • Thresher 110 illustratively includes a threshing rotor 112 and a set of concaves 114.
  • combine 100 can include a separator 116 that includes a separator rotor.
  • Combine 100 can include a cleaning subsystem (or cleaning shoe) 118 that, itself, can include a cleaning fan 120, chaffer 122 and sieve 124.
  • the material handling subsystem in combine 100 can include (in addition to a feeder house 107 and feed accelerator 108) discharge beater 126, tailings elevator 128, clean grain elevator 130 (that moves clean grain into clean grain tank 132) as well as unloading auger 134 and spout 136.
  • Combine 100 can further include a residue subsystem 138 that can include chopper 140 and spreader 142.
  • Combine 100 can also have a propulsion subsystem that includes an engine (or other power source) that drives ground engaging wheels 144 or tracks, etc. It will be noted that combine 100 may also have more than one of any of the subsystems mentioned above (such as left and right cleaning shoes, separators, etc.).
  • Header 102 has a main frame 105 and an attachment frame 109. Header 102 is attached to feeder house 107 by an attachment mechanism on attachment frame 109 that cooperates with an attachment mechanism on feeder house 107.
  • Main frame 105 supports cutter 104 and reel 103 and is movable relative to attachment frame 109.
  • main frame 105 and attachment frame 109 can be raised and lowered together to set a height of cutter 104 above the ground over which combine 100 is traveling.
  • main frame 105 can be tilted relative to attachment frame 109 to adjust a tilt angle with which cutter 104 engages the crop.
  • main frame 105 can be movable relative to attachment frame 109 in order to improve ground following performance. The movement of main frame 105 together with attachment frame 109 can be driven by actuators (such as hydraulic actuators) based on operator inputs or automated inputs.
  • header 102 is set and combine 100 illustratively moves through a field in the direction indicated by arrow 146.
  • header 102 engages the crop to be harvested and gathers it toward cutter 104.
  • the crop can be engaged by reel 103 that moves the crop to feeding tracks 154, 156 (shown in FIG. 2 ).
  • Feeding tracks move the crop to the center of the header 102 and then through a center feeding track in feeder house 107 toward feed accelerator 108, which accelerates the crop into thresher 110.
  • the crop is threshed by rotor 112 rotating the crop against concaves 114.
  • the threshed crop is moved by a separator rotor in separator 116 where some of the residue is moved by discharge beater 126 toward the residue subsystem 138. It can be chopped by residue chopper 140 and spread on the field by spreader 142. In other implementations, the residue is simply dropped in a windrow, instead of being chopped and spread.
  • Grain falls to cleaning shoe (or cleaning subsystem) 118.
  • Chaffer 122 separates some of the larger material from the grain, and sieve 124 separates some of the finer material from the clean grain.
  • Clean grain falls to an auger in clean grain elevator 130, which moves the clean grain upward and deposits it in clean grain tank 132. Residue can be removed from the cleaning shoe 118 by airflow generated by cleaning fan 120. That residue can also be moved rearwardly in combine 100 toward the residue handling subsystem 138.
  • combine 100 has a tailings system where tailings can be moved by tailings elevator 128 back to thresher 110 where they can be re-threshed.
  • the tailings can also be passed to a separate re-threshing mechanism (also using a tailings elevator or another transport mechanism) where they can be re-threshed as well.
  • FIG. 1 also shows that, in one example, combine 100 can include ground speed sensor 147, one or more separator loss sensors 148, a clean grain camera 150, and one or more cleaning shoe loss sensors 152.
  • Ground speed sensor 147 illustratively senses the travel speed of combine 100 over the ground. This can be done by sensing the speed of rotation of the wheels, the drive shaft, the axle, or other components. The travel speed can also be sensed by a positioning system, such as a global positioning system (GPS), a dead reckoning system, a LORAN system, or a wide variety of other systems or sensors that provide an indication of travel speed.
  • GPS global positioning system
  • dead reckoning system a dead reckoning system
  • LORAN LORAN system
  • Cleaning shoe loss sensors 152 illustratively provide an output signal indicative of the quantity of grain loss by both the right and left sides of the cleaning shoe 118.
  • sensors 152 are strike sensors which count grain strikes per unit of time (or per unit of distance traveled) to provide an indication of the cleaning shoe grain loss.
  • the strike sensors for the right and left sides of the cleaning shoe can provide individual signals, or a combined or aggregated signal. It will be noted that sensors 152 can comprise only a single sensor as well, instead of separate sensors for each shoe.
  • Separator loss sensor 148 provides a signal indicative of grain loss in the left and right separators.
  • the sensors associated with the left and right separators can provide separate grain loss signals or a combined or aggregate signal. This can be done using a wide variety of different types of sensors as well. It will be noted that separator loss sensors 148 may also comprise only a single sensor, instead of separate left and right sensors.
  • Combine 100 moves in the direction indicated by arrow 146, it may be that the ground under header 102 is uneven. Header 102 is thus provided with ground engaging elements (such as shoes) that engage the surface of the ground over which combine 100 is traveling. Combine 100 is also provided with float force assembly 170. Float force assembly 170 is shown schematically in FIG. 1 , and applies a float force, that is illustratively a lifting force that acts against gravity, biasing main frame 105 of header 102 in an upward direction relative to attachment frame 109. Therefore, as the ground under header 102 rises, the ground engaging elements on header 102 engage the rising ground surface and push upwardly on main frame 105.
  • a float force that is illustratively a lifting force that acts against gravity
  • the float force applied by float force assembly 170 assists in raising header 102 up to follow the rising ground surface. In areas where the ground falls off, the weight of header 102 overcomes the float force so that it descends to a point where the ground engaging elements again engage the surface of the ground.
  • header 102 follows the surface of the ground, without reacting too quickly, or overreacting to changes in the level of the ground surface. It can also be seen that, if the float force is too low, then even though the ground engaging elements are engaging a raised portion of the ground, header 102 will not react quickly enough and cutter 104 may engage the soil, which can result in reduced harvesting performance and even damage to cutter 104. On the other hand, if the float force is too high, then header 102 will descend too slowly when the ground underneath header 102 drops away. This will reduce the ground following performance of header 102, and thus deleteriously affect the harvesting performance as well.
  • the float force applied by the float force assembly used in those prior systems varied based upon the height of header 102 (that is, based upon the position of main frame 105 relative to attachment frame 109).
  • the ground following performance of header 102 changed with the position of main frame 105 relative to attachment frame 109. This made it difficult to achieve desired ground following performance, and thus compromised harvesting performance.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 below show one example of a portion of header 102 with a float force assembly 170, that applies a relatively consistent float force, regardless of the position of main frame 105 relative to attachment frame 109.
  • some elements are similar to those shown in FIG. 1 , and they are similarly numbered.
  • FIG. 2 shows that main frame 105, which supports cutter 104 and reel 103 (not shown in FIG. 2 ) is at a first position relative to attachment frame 109.
  • Attachment frame 109 illustratively includes an attachment mechanism (not shown) that attaches to a corresponding attachment mechanism on feeder house 107.
  • the vertical movement of main frame 105 relative to attachment frame 109 is illustratively driven by ground engaging elements, such as shoes or skis (not shown) which act to raise and lower main frame 105 relative to attachment frame 109 as the ground over which the ground engaging elements move rises and falls, respectively.
  • mainframe 105 can also be tilted relative to attachment frame 109 by a tilt actuator (also not shown).
  • float force assembly 170 illustratively includes a set of control arms 172 and 174 that are pivotally connected to attachment frame 109 at pivot points 176 and 178, and that are pivotally attached to main frame 105 at pivot points 180 and 182, respectively.
  • Control arms 172 and 174 control the path of movement of main frame 105 relative to attachment frame 109 when the position of main frame 105 relative to attachment frame 109 changes to follow the ground.
  • Assembly 170 also illustratively includes cylinder 184 that is pivotally connected to attachment frame 109 at pivot point 187, and that is pivotally attached to main frame 105 at pivot point 189.
  • Hydraulic cylinder 184 has a rod portion 186 reciprocally mounted within cylinder portion 188.
  • Assembly 170 also illustratively includes an accumulator 190.
  • Accumulator 190 is shown schematically in FIG. 2 . It will be appreciated that, in one example, it can be internal to hydraulic cylinder 184. In another example, it can be separate from hydraulic cylinder 184 and fluidically coupled to hydraulic cylinder 104. In one example, there are at least two float force assemblies 170, disposed in spaced relation to one another across the header 102. This is just an example.
  • Accumulator 190 can take a wide variety of different forms.
  • the accumulator 190 can include a diaphragm or other pressure transmitting mechanism.
  • the diaphragm has one side in fluid communication with the base end of cylinder 104 and has a compressible fluid or a compressible gas disposed on its other side.
  • rod 186 is retracted further into cylinder portion 188, the pressure increases in the base end of cylinder 184, and the diaphragm compresses the compressible medium in accumulator 190, thus increasing the pressure in accumulator 190.
  • FIG. 2 also shows that cylinder 184 has a longitudinal axis 194 and that main frame 105 is raised to a relatively high position relative to attachment frame 109. Therefore, the angle that the longitudinal axis 194 of cylinder 184 makes relative to a horizontal axis 196 is indicated by the angle alpha.
  • the higher main frame 105 is positioned relative to attachment frame 109 the greater the angle alpha.
  • the higher main frame 105 is positioned relative to attachment frame 109, the greater the vertically directed force component of the overall force exerted by cylinder 184 on main frame 105.
  • the mechanical advantage of cylinder 184 (e.g., the portion of the overall force exerted by cylinder 184 that is attributable to a vertical, upwardly directed or lifting force component) on main frame 105 increases as the angle alpha increases. Hence, the mechanical advantage of cylinder 184 increases as the height of main frame 105 increases relative to attachment frame 109.
  • FIG. 3 is similar to FIG. 2 , and similar items are similarly numbered.
  • main frame 105 has now been moved downwardly, in the direction generally indicated by arrow 192, relative to attachment frame 109. This occurs, for instance, when the ground under header 102 falls away and the main frame 105 of header 102 drops relative to attachment frame 109 to follow the ground.
  • rod 186 is further retracted into cylinder portion 188. As discussed above, this increases the pressure in accumulator 190 and thus increases the overall pressure or force exerted by cylinder 184 on main frame 105.
  • the angle alpha between the horizontal axis 196 and the longitudinal axis 194 of cylinder 184 has also decreased.
  • the mechanical advantage decreases.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 make clear that the mechanical advantages of cylinder 184 and the overall force applied by cylinder 184 are inversely related.
  • the mechanical advantage of cylinder 184 increases but the overall force applied by cylinder 184 on main frame 105 decreases.
  • the mechanical advantage of cylinder 184 decreases, but the overall force applied by cylinder 184 increases.
  • assembly 170 may be sized so that the float force changes no more than 20%, 10%, or 5% over the permitted travel of main frame 105 relative to attachment frame 109.
  • the float force assembly 170 (which includes cylinder 184 and accumulator 190 and one or more control arms 172-174) can have different dimensions and different charge pressure. It is illustratively a closed system so that no additional sensors or control inputs are needed to modify the float force. Instead, the physical arrangement and orientation of the float force assembly 170 is such that the float force is relatively consistent throughout the extent of travel of main frame 105 relative to attachment frame 109. The precise dimensions of cylinder 184, accumulator 190 and control arms 172 and 174 will vary with the amount of travel that is permitted. The number of cylinders 184, accumulators 190 and control arms 172-174 can also vary based upon the particular application.
  • the charge pressure in cylinder 184 and accumulator 190 will also vary based upon the desired amount of float force, and based upon the weight of the header 102 with which assembly 170 is to operate. It may vary based on other criteria as well. However, it will be appreciated that, because the system is closed, it is relatively simple, it is efficient, and it operates to smooth out the float force contour that would otherwise be seen as the position of main frame 105 varies with respect to the position of attachment frame 109. This improves ground following performance and harvesting performance.

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  1. Outil frontal (102) de moissonneuse agricole, comprenant :
    un châssis d'attache (109) qui s'attache à un compartiment d'alimentation (107) sur la moissonneuse agricole ;
    une lame de coupe (104) ;
    un châssis principal (105) qui porte la lame de coupe (104) ; et
    un ensemble à force de flottement (170) attaché au châssis principal (105) et au châssis d'attache (109) et pourvu d'un organe de communication de force (184) qui est configuré pour appliquer une force de flottement sur le châssis principal (105), caractérisé en ce que l'organe de communication de force est configuré de telle sorte qu'un gain mécanique de l'organe de communication de force dans la communication de la force de flottement varie inversement à une grandeur de la force communiquée par l'organe de communication de force, lorsqu'une position du châssis principal (105) varie par rapport à une position du châssis d'attache (109).
  2. Outil frontal (102) de moissonneuse agricole selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'organe de communication de force comprend :
    un vérin hydraulique (184) pourvu d'une première extrémité et d'une deuxième extrémité, la première extrémité étant accouplée à pivotement au châssis d'attache (109) et la deuxième extrémité étant accouplée à pivotement au châssis principal (105).
  3. Outil frontal (102) de moissonneuse agricole selon la revendication 2, dans lequel l'ensemble à force de flottement (170) comprend :
    un accumulateur (190) accouplé au vérin hydraulique (184) de telle sorte qu'une contraction du vérin hydraulique (184) augmente la pression dans l'accumulateur (190) et augmente la force de flottement communiquée par le vérin hydraulique (184), et de telle sorte qu'un déploiement du vérin hydraulique (184) diminue la pression dans l'accumulateur (190) et diminue la force de flottement communiquée par le vérin hydraulique (184).
  4. Outil frontal (102) de moissonneuse agricole selon la revendication 3, dans lequel le vérin hydraulique (184) et l'accumulateur (190) sont configurés pour former un système hydraulique fermé.
  5. Outil frontal (102) de moissonneuse agricole selon la revendication 3, dans lequel le vérin hydraulique (184) est orienté de telle sorte qu'un gain mécanique dans la communication de la force de flottement varie inversement à la force de flottement lorsque le châssis principal (105) se déplace par rapport au châssis d'attache (109).
  6. Outil frontal (102) de moissonneuse agricole selon la revendication 3, dans lequel le vérin hydraulique (184) se déploie lorsque le châssis principal (105) se déplace dans une première direction par rapport au châssis d'attache (109) et se contracte lorsque le châssis principal (105) se déplace dans une deuxième direction par rapport au châssis d'attache (109).
  7. Outil frontal (102) de moissonneuse agricole selon la revendication 6, dans lequel le vérin hydraulique (184) est pourvu d'un axe longitudinal s'étendant entre ses première et deuxième extrémités et orienté de telle manière que le vérin hydraulique (184) communique la force de flottement sur le châssis principal (105) sous forme d'une force de soulèvement selon un angle de communication de force défini par l'axe longitudinal du vérin hydraulique (184) et un axe généralement horizontal.
  8. Outil frontal (102) de moissonneuse agricole selon la revendication 7, dans lequel le vérin hydraulique (184) est accouplé au châssis principal (105) et au châssis d'attache (109) de telle manière que l'angle de communication de force augmente lorsque le châssis principal (105) s'élève par rapport au châssis d'attache (109) et diminue lorsque le châssis principal (105) s'abaisse par rapport au châssis d'attache (109).
  9. Outil frontal (102) de moissonneuse agricole selon la revendication 8, dans lequel le vérin hydraulique (184) est accouplé au châssis principal (105) et au châssis d'attache (109) de telle manière que le vérin hydraulique (184) se déploie lorsque le châssis principal (105) s'élève par rapport au châssis d'attache (109) et se contracte lorsque le châssis principal (105) s'abaisse par rapport au châssis d'attache (109).
  10. Outil frontal (102) de moissonneuse agricole selon la revendication 3, dans lequel l'accumulateur (190) est formé à l'intérieur du vérin hydraulique (184).
  11. Outil frontal (102) de moissonneuse agricole selon la revendication 3, dans lequel l'accumulateur (190) est externe au vérin hydraulique (184) et accouplé fluidiquement au vérin hydraulique (184).
  12. Outil frontal (102) de moissonneuse agricole selon la revendication 5, dans lequel l'ensemble à force de flottement (170) comprend :
    des première et deuxième bielles de commande (172, 174), accouplées chacune au châssis d'attache (109) et au châssis principal (105) pour guider le mouvement du châssis principal (105) par rapport au châssis d'attache (109) .
  13. Outil frontal (102) de moissonneuse agricole selon la revendication 1 et comprenant en outre :
    un ensemble à force de flottement supplémentaire (170) attaché au châssis principal (105) et au châssis d'attache (109) et espacé de l'ensemble à force de flottement (170) en travers de l'outil frontal (102) de moissonneuse agricole, l'ensemble à force de flottement supplémentaire (170) étant pourvu d'un organe de communication de force qui applique une force de flottement sur le châssis principal (105), l'organe de communication de force étant configuré de telle sorte qu'un gain mécanique de l'organe de communication de force dans la communication de la force de flottement varie inversement à une grandeur de la force communiquée par l'organe de communication de force, lorsqu'une position du châssis principal (105) varie par rapport à une position du châssis d'attache (109).
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